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Ultimately, it's up to you whether allowing e-cigarettes is worth the extra cleanup effort or the potential fire hazards, much like allowing pets could mean more work after tenants move out.

When your property can't seem to keep reliable tenants, you might start to consider ways of sweetening the deal, such as offering an incentive for new tenants. Between discounts, flexible leases, and property upgrades, there are several ways to appeal to renters and fill a costly vacancy. The benefit of filling the space may very well be worth the added expense once you run a cost-benefit analysis and figure out which incentives work best for your property.

It’s difficult to know what to look for or to know whether you inspected everything you should, so it helps to have a checklist with you. Landlords often provide tenants with a checklist, but if yours doesn’t, you can use this one.